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Information sheet : Soil sampling
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
Soil sampling provides useful
information about the chemical
and nutrient properties of soil
within a particular block. It will
therefore assist in determining
fertiliser type and rate. Soil
sampling also ...
Information sheet : Nematode resistant legumes as a rotational crop with sugarcane
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
The two main types of
nematodes that cause
damage to sugarcane are
root lesion nematode (RLN)
and root knot nematodes
(RKN). There are many
other types of nematodes
that can affect sugarcane,
such as dagger ...
Information sheet : Managing frost damage
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
Frost damage to sugarcane
will vary with landscape
position (it is generally worse
in hollows and creek flats),
variety and the openness of
the crop. In small, open crops,
damage goes further down the
stalk ...
Information sheet : Pokkah boeng
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
This fungus disease is found in all sugarcane growing regions,
and generally occurs from late spring to the end of summer. It
normally appears during periods of hot humid conditions when
the cane is growing rapidly. ...
Information sheet : Soldier fly
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
Soldier flies are native insects
that naturally inhabit grasslands
and can cause severe damage to
sugarcane crops. There are two
main species of soldier fly that
attack sugarcane. Sugarcane soldier
fly occurs ...
Information sheet : White leaf disease (WLD)
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
White leaf disease (WLD) was first
recognized in Thailand in the 1950s.
The disease has caused serious yield
losses in Thailand and has some
similarities to grassy shoot (GSD)
and green grassy shoot diseases ...
Information sheet : Do you know your rusts?
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
There are two well-known rust diseases of sugarcane –
orange rust caused by Puccinia kuehnii and brown rust caused
by Puccinia melanocephala. During the 1970s brown rust
spread to many sugar industries throughout the ...
Information sheet : Green grassy shoot disease (GGSD)
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
Green grassy shoot disease (GGSD)
was recognized for the first time in
Thailand in the mid-1990s. Caused by
a phytoplasma – a very small organism
that lives in the phloem of the vascular
bundles, the disease has ...